The engine of your car is elaborate, it is not always easy to read all the signs it sends us. However, it is absolutely necessary to try to stay on alert for the slightest symptom of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious concerns. If you have the sense that your clutch is slipping on your Ram ProMaster, you’re right to have started looking into it. It’s a defect that must be taken into account fairly quickly, otherwise you could end up with an useless vehicle. To help you in your way our team has decided to compose this article which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right choice to avoid aggravating the issue and confirm that it is indeed the trouble you are victim of. To accomplish this, we will first take a look at what a slipping clutch on Ram ProMaster is and how to verify that this is what is happening to you, and then, what measures can be taken to resolve the issue.
What is slipping clutch on Ram ProMaster and how to detect it?
A Ram ProMaster with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Ram ProMaster is the part that enables your automobile to shift gears. It is located between your gearbox and your engine. It is the part that comes into contact with the flywheel which is located on the engine side and which will collect the power transmitted by the clutch. With wear, the clutch of your Ram ProMaster slips because it is made up of notches that engage in the flywheel, and with wear and friction it wears out. It is said that the clutch slips when its teeth are too damaged for it to engage on the flywheel.
How to detect clutch slipping on an Ram ProMaster?
There are different methods to identify that the clutch of your Ram ProMaster is slipping. You can perform all of these experiments on your own.
You can simply identify that your clutch slips when you accelerate and your engine revs up, but your car does not speed up, you may as well experience a burning smell.
To verify the first observation, you can stop, pull the parking brake, engage the first gear, accelerate reasonably by releasing the clutch of your car softly, in the event that your engine motor rises in revs but the Ram ProMaster keeps fixed it is the symptom of a dead clutch.
Finally, you can put yourself, still in third gear, with the handbrake on, and by releasing it, your vehicle should stall, if not, your clutch is probably dead.
What should I do when ever my clutch slips on my Ram ProMaster?
Limit the wear of your Ram ProMaster clutch
We will now give you some suggestions to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Ram ProMaster. Firstly, it is good not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, regardless if the pressure you apply is very light you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will sooner or later end up in a total change of the clutch kit. An additional point not to be neglected, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must permanently be adapted to the velocity of your engine motor. In the event you are at a standstill accelerate slowly, if you are at medium speed accelerate gradually when you release the clutch pedal of your car so as not to make it slip against your engine flywheel.
Replacing your Ram ProMaster clutch
Finally, in this last part, we will discuss the repair part. In case the clutch of your Ram ProMaster is useless, you might be stuck at a standstill and have no other choice than to phone the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transfer power to the wheels. If this is the case, bear in mind that you will have to change the complete clutch kit, this repair necessitates quite a few hours of work and is approximated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros according to the engine and the workshop.
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